Unfortunately, during early eighteen hundreds, the world was experiencing many difficult and tragic moments. Poverty, living conditions, and human sufferings were all present in England during this period. Since literature is a reflection of life, often authors remind us of those difficult and indelible moments through their works of literature. Although every author uses different methods and techniques in their writing, often they address the same subjects, themes, and allusions thing even though they approach it differently. Two writers that address the same problem but approach it differently in London during early 18th hundreds are William Blake and William Wordsworth. They use London as their poems title and similar and different elements to illustrate the same callous and grotesque situation in London during this period. Through the use of reputation, personification, imagery, tone, and theme the authors describe the same harsh situation even though they approach it differently.
             William Blake uses a melancholy and mournful tone to show a period where London was going through many problems. From line 5, "Marks of weakness, marks of woe" Blake introduces this sad tone which runs out the Poem. From those two lines, the readers get the message that the people of London are suffering and going through many hardship moments. Also, to enforce his point he uses the reputation of "In every" in the second stanza to show how everyone is experiencing many obstacles in one way or the other. Moreover, to further emphasize and show what an evil situation these people are in, he uses "I hear" the cry and fear of every man. From those lines, the reader can assume that many people are dying on the streets because of the situation they are in, and this creates a dolorous theme.
             Like Blake, Wordsworth also uses a melancholy tone and a sad theme to show how London also is facing many problems during the early eighteen hundreds. From the first...